The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-18 00:00:00

TuE p I NTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL 18cItp, "'CIETY (Limited) are prepared to RECEIVE SUB %TIONS for the Capital of the • Capit al LA ND SECURITIES COMPANY (Li m it e d) . , c 2 ,000,0(0, in 40,000 Shares of £5O e ich, of wbie'l 1 ' "°,000 , in 20,000 Shares of £5O each, only to be issued at 000,000, in it st t £3 per Share ca l e paid on allotment. Share _n all, cr 0 co ntemplated to al more than £lO per Il more than £5 per Share, including £3 on allotment, 1 Ir i t e e fir st Year. rPerated, with Limited Liability, under the Companies' I.ct 1862. sio 4 a PPilior ca tion will he made to Parliament, in the next Ses- an Act conferring special powers. DIRECTORS. j ris Grace the Duke of MARLBOROUGH, President. (LrDlrect,rs of the International Financial Society Joh n acting as a Finance Committee. zin E nnis, Esq M.P., Director of the Bank of Ireland. irJ antes F " Bgr-t P 0 ergusson, • uthwell Greville, Esq , 4—,`,„'-'_onn Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bart., M.P. Sir . , ti Mackie, E sq , M .P. l .i.ivrence Palk, Bart M.P. Stracey, Bart., , 51. P. Ti e a m Damara, Esq., D u bli n . nrY Farquhar, Esq. (llerries, Farquha", and Co.) r e ii ,T ro„ b iro ,Gray, Dublin. Jeh o •r„ l ungscote, Es coo,pal.li,oratio Lloyd, Esq, Director Lands Improvement • Pap/ ora " mlani Napier, Director Lands Improvement Com- Ti enrY Petre. t o ' rrl i r p eharles Rich, Bart., Chair m an Lands Improvement l'ilifiPYiWells, Esq. (Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.) Str 'e BANKERS. t, Lo ndonTritton, ° II. Barclay, Bevan Twells, and Co., Lombard donLorB. hurries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-street, 'Mess rs. b : SOLICITORS. tzeot.str , ircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Ward, Parlia me_' eet. London. ta ttde s a la. West and King, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, Messy : John r funter, Blair, and Cowan, W.S., Edinburgh. laenamara. Cantwell Esq., Dublin. "1111 EB l, Dub ' lin. alessrs ~teear e ' BROKERS. - Ylnour and Co. 38, Throo - rnort on-street. ,„ C atenove and Co., 52, Threadneedle-street. . OFFICES. International Society's Temporary Offices & 4 , Old Broad-street, E.C., and 2 , Old Palace-yard, Westminster, S.W. Th ele D tilibp. ,.irect ors of the Int erna ti ona l Fi nanc i a l S o ciety, i n the fi te TYY, this Prospectus to the public, call attention to klaiit.. 'bat the Company has been established to supply an les, ofd want in this country, where lande prop of Nte;'.r9tiable as a fund of credit than in an oherthe a u Europe, in most of which large financial associa stritcripta the Banks of Hypothecation inPrussia e , A_ues kage ad iolland, the Crddit Fencier of Fiance, iz ' 3 tlat va nees on land with promptitude, at a moderate rate Ih:rest, and at small attendant expense Inter‘,B' nadertakings are all founded on the principle of the et t ,, e elition of a society with large subscribed capital al fave,tri,ent credit enablina• It to raise money on the mos an'll4,7ele ter nu;, as an intermediary between borrowers, ditita seeking investment on landed security. „'„e ta rt, i nitY, delay, and heavy costs incurred in ettecti ;; a ge of even first-class property are well known ; a rar e n umerous valuable interests arising out of land crecht see t present almost wholly unavailable as a so , Th e c, Pecially in t mes of financial depression. I'llb lica °l4B nY will act as agents between the investing Day a b ie td the borrower. They will also make advances. re Paris e, Driedaat,, terms, or by terminable annuities, on landed of parish rates every charge upon land, such as county and Pritat,B rates levied on land under public or pnvate acts l'„,_roverilerlent, Royal charters, commissions of sewers, ira "'ellt t at !, l ‘ relit charges on private e . ,states, towns improve thes, gTound rents, harb—ar trusts, &c. 4Pplyine neCessary prelimi d .ry steps have been taken for j A rn e rn t eiri:attio oPtaram,en s :a the , ensuing Sessii n for a special bons • and wl, h view Inen ec ' 'ately t h e s o rat ,nilentGl ilencure o the Company pera a 'field for the coin el,harateep,:le have g e in eu ess, a p de ro f v e i r si e o p n e a r l at a i n e d us re e mu a n u erative ar f extensive een nexion m with securities created for the im k—,rBA Acts land under the Lands Improvements Com :ftlitab'f" °L P arliament, andwhieh arc preference charges brivate estates. 1 1 3 % 1 1 :WsiT e e l b t a si t s ,, of the securities rifles thus acqnired, the Company ) 1 0 h ~ a.g.e Debentures at fixed rates of interest, form s andearly, for shorter or longer terms, as may suit re1;3'111 e 4• Bach a system of registration will be adopte e d_ 446.ectivelv protect the lenders from any over-issue b anks bY the Company. It is well known that very Nv 4 h i as, ti — n s tAl i n r a t ,_ ol ley lie comparatively idle in the provincial a, it i s .ne hands of trustees and private individuals, tZ f alci ee inulelieved will be readily invested throu_ll those Of a ' 41 c11 'ictrtgage Debentures founded upon real securi the arther guaranteed by a large uncalled capital many ,a=r„eseecuriti, constituting, as before mentioned, first , Tli e c„P O n land under secial Acts of Parliament. _ litleernParlY, acting by their Debenture system, will be flYettr. to turn ov, r their paid-up cap tal many times in the 0 p er t,,is estimated that a woi king fund of £200,000, be ng '°lviim.o'"are, would be sufficient to conduct a business in •tr:oci4 Perations of three or four millions per annum, and \,,ueoitie mission upon that amount would produce an eib°,lld/ii,,.''exulch, after dare the most ample deductions for e tor expenses a serve tund, will leave a sum avail -1114 nla ie " sufficient to remunerate the Shareholders % l e d, by t? l ' e n allY high scale, as Droved by the large profits pti,r4eilieve b,refLeurlanllst,lllmedprovement Company in the ten yeArs ar e and c financial support which the Com egs,a,B,,aiready obtained insure the two elements which natanUal to a commercial success, namely, a steady and nan o 01 . s aci ; 1 8 0 41 0 tneaiseleltf P S d h.a ' r u e P s P m lY ulst be made to the International Y (Limited), at their Temporary Offices, 54, et, }IC, , p Ep A T 0, `" OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES. the Directors 01 the International Financial Society (Limited) 54, Old Broad-street, E.C. eten vy l . request you to allot me .t _ Shares of £5O to b"' Securaies Company (L4mt ed), and I hereb , 11a k e "Ile a member of that Co m m , p -ind to accept Of Ir, or any less number that y a be y 'allotted to - mc. 41 CilabreFt that my name may be placed on the Register cs in respect ot the Shares allotted to tile. 4 ra, Celatlem.n, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full Reference Date........ ........ : 111I T I , L 4 , 0 NDON, ITALIAN AND ADRIATIC lc litgr°t NAVIGATION COMPANY, Limited. under C s Act, whereby the Lia sharia.% Shareholde ° r m s - D i a s n li e mited to tlB2 the amount of their CaPita I,en rth. Del)Osit in 1 0,000 shares of £5O each. (4 2,PneOrr4;o‘ be made " an share ' ar e en allot maae.atTe P eg i ns ca ti t n io tc n e and a further payment G Latliora 11 G S e l ltEcrons. : r t y ll a s ls no tta t n o e th x r c e e r months. tree o IN).„ 1 " vZ,ratie - n" tr of the China and Japan , orrm any. 1..0nd -I ' 4ll , lin and Li ver q., Director of the Alliance Bank of 5,i,11 C. E hbiersPti. 4 aL an l Packet c on ; M.P., Director of the Royal Mail hail' Nugent baijeij" Chairman of the Blackwall 41 1 , t ies W E am , C !'mPany . q " JoV ili a nk. --41a g , Esq., Director of the London and County tiAinzalj‘et`°ll, Eact, Director of the Thames Iron Ship i nice o rnpany. wg(iii_liiiaprti,owtnuera,rtßhE4sq.ea(dlSTßeenshearisi.BGtrrienent Grinnell, Tinker, and Morgan, 'fill\i,arnarct e rne % sq. (Messrs. • Ull s athorne an Co.), Lon blie,ieminoreiaantd,.,e,iipciu.rh(qn, Q a r n s d C . ntaarrtlfeosr Joyceandcn.), Apr el the Itereanti e ' C e redit . Association, Limited. Joi, Es AUDITOR. 1 401)1 (Messrs. Quater, Ball, and Co.) itra" q. and c BANKERS. ~lita,lle4s minty Bank , Lombard-street, Londo n , and 04 Dl 'olicitanater,ktofnk, Lond Manchesteron and Liverpool, Liverpool. a. 41,21 a, 84,it °l ? i ns SHAREBROKERS. Tn and Barber, 29, so t Threadneedle-street, London. non and Co., M Liverpool. '' p re and Kirk, anchester. Zr atilber and S II ' Et L I I S T OTI O , II 2 B O, King's Arms •yard. SUPE RINTENDING ENGINEER. Robert Bowman, Esq. SECRETARY. 'r e George Grant, Esq. --t""t".7 Offices -123, Fenchurch-strect, E.G. Th . tl l The In c , PROSPECTUS. hOatt i . ` 4B e In the Mediterranean trade during the last ilkr l oo o 6 as shown by the offir•ial returns, amounts r to s op °e Which the Italian, Greek, and Adriati., p e o as t e itt:t: oi.t.:l4:etosrstehaaniy tonnage t4attade, tntgelYeontributed. In order to meet this incr me a e from London has become "or ill at ll kOver eat• conveyancetforerefrence by merchant 1 _ N , sie b, Sailing their goods being such, i ( i ) eap rie i trad, h,, ' to and from no the Mediterranean will shortly hesitation in stating that nearly 1„ 1 1 1 )00 t ot -, screw st ea It ' is calculated that at least 114,glyY6,artciGfiraeoe_goodsmyeersannually exported from London, w i le tsipotfed .e, while upwards of 200,000 tons are an 4her r ector , are ct4l/1,1.,c0ara%..rt, resolving to establish this Company, of screw ponl r „h . trre I , ; v r __by the facts—thant aced 1 w with most sue hq,- 1-17,n , in teurrie years been e_ interested in lk,, „Ali a , The trade between Liv g erpool and the Italisn an nt"tog merchants in London, . Italy „( 4, teCe,t,,ProPosed • and many of the merchants in t` ll (4 'l°. ‘v ^ e ' h ave constantly urged the organica . tion of 4 1 4 1 t, ,, 1 I., "l , l l e ie n - rt ° , l , e,r to ' show their confidence in the success the Company in WoR,Ce c L a_ave offered to contribute towards the I neut,,!Thl q , f 7 w ay ' . ➢ (I otherwise to support B .l ) a o i l r , t o ( id It il ' e th e ' t te lore, of this Company are the establish d Palermo, to I tctiP t h un eli d ?:t, 1.,,,, e 1' h eW Steamers between London and the 2, 1 4 ( Ys ; an ,tlEttircrn, Naples, Messina, n t0 0 ,,' if ji„' , l g. regularity at intervals of not less than Zrl e 4°l l %," sllft ed Ihati* eek ' Adrt ° the Mediter the requirements of the trade between bra til ord er ft atic, and ether ports in red ee i d With (' 4t the `.ll i nto - Nt d ,oPerations of the Company may be com- I l e t o hen ari a slay, the Directors have provisionallen ft"tllcl enVer -"Zsraent with the Directors of an existing ,i i alit to li, Ittcla their four new steamers, viz., the Alexandra, ty, tel ,7 ti l l'a l le, qad Venetia, and valuable connexion i in m th e e_ V t nit ht ` f ° a pr o 4O,eh the shareholders wi" enter ed m upon 141ae Rt elt ion, , Ilti ?..ole business ; the price to be agre om I leri? C) tot, l %era h a ,', ‘ lie the trade are accepted in shares of tii C pany. th. tl e p0,,,,_ iiild era ; been expressly built for Sat, Will ), r , are b,,. ,Peasurement, and the engines_ of' 120- q: a ( t ch iJ i e at °nee atessrs. Maudslay, Son, , and Field. Or -104‘.1113 „rijoto steamers It ha t 4 lter p l bet give for the construction of the fleets -40,e Rh ala thaoceed £5 per share, nor will they be made at t per t)c '' l 4 ttet icldp r thl ..ec Months. To the extent of £2scalls, , t)tr hlteres# a will .5e entitled to anticipate future l'etilotne'lltu ' on sill auch pre -payments at the rate of 5 per Ni tl rn 'in am, I. ly r :Pr oirl free ofpedent. take place, the whole deposit will be v0 y11 ! , 14 4 in eti oo oio _t_ieti on. fh A ev4)riy inc in u t, other outlay be nd the necessary ,i ol ' i y C't % be Paid, ' lu ll:nation and establishment of the lq,,l)DiteitoraeoArticles of Asseciati lies for inspection at 14Ivareallou 101.4" and at the Offices en of the Company. ) a o - ,. .' , to til t. shares to be naade in the annexed form, and hers or ti:Aceretary, at the Company's Offices, or to -. keys of the Company. ol' n IN Op ---......,......- t,, ge b i !T., ,APPLICATION FOR SHARES. , retorsuo; retained by the Bankers. nar4ltk,. 4 Nal,,,th London, Italt,n, and Adriatic Steam ~•iic4l'lDa---1-,„ll4lllRgi' c'priaVr g a llie (L lla m o i k e e d r ) f; of the above 4, P i c: tcl i t i t e l e l ot o f e the som of z , I Compequsan(rl 11 1 11 I l lt a te s tc l , 4 au ch shares in the s y ll ai r d numbe a r n t hat may iqe,,), i k it t ho.i li _e, and to bec ome n im sm em a be e r of the Company. t o Le n ir,,?,,Y91,1 to Place my name on the Register of i;,, ecl 1 4 bo i 7j, ) _ . , of the shares to be alloted to me 1,14,, ti th e l i " e u cy all the conditions and regulations con i,''' Y ' In totaart°randuin and Articles of Association of ,he At Q „, , ' t his tier providQd by " The CompAnies' Act, day of , 1864. Name Business or Profession Place of Business Address ............. AU Tlrt th e I t -f w iy 1 1 00 ONlEN.—Alabaste r Powder, Ar at fue Rock ew Water from Saha a. oqd c0: 4 43.1 ) 1r Soaps, nd Alabaster Liquid. r. Tl t t n e "Y at „plexi o , ,!ollet. preparations render the h i a t i s r e , cai 4 i T ea 4 ' t er;, , t2ru beyond comparison.—Can be 44 44t ut tOnB u i t ' e a t l a V, 2, co New lyind-strect, communications are o eel! 0 1 0 de erl ed:c\*lado 11 t' t , 9 0 0" 5 , to Ts - et ". last if t y , i P 3O lel 00 3 .iss to t° A t° ao loo t tO we l,3 nr ices f ife' iD aC i : 454 pe ,oo rO jt a gth rf I A o.'" f3e AtO e• t oe' 20 be , !! 730. NS aria 4 9 '3 O tv 0 , 5) . 20 to n g o of Ure-r eej, sb le : rioll s 11 4 P to 00 0 30s. CP fold SP I ( /' ; pe , bo jeJ; no 40 1 5 ' .1 10. .. .TO,: 5 , ' • few " JO . / 5 ' . jj a, • ' • Jai s ..,S, • Jati• J an , $. b fe• • .10' V, :JO' 2°' , Feb' '' b. erl s ka t he 8 pro - e n 5t e s jel. millopia t of 18 frop t 2 0 feet 0 0 0 03 „ r a ,ost 'e to - o at g t ser • too' Oa , !ng t°ll ' ;ter' 'lO O ;13, ;• areel il ~3). CV odge:, a 6 P. , Ed , " 01 0 „ re pt_e rein sl $° P al° 13 1 10(14161 k, Diet jobacr isc , of s 3. 04 , og°"aatire' g e r of ;r, P 4. ' Roc . A°l3''''' j)10 0 , EtCe Col° N°. 22.328. VURNI I'URE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First• class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every ardele warranted. CLEhGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and. t' . are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated byHO admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent g: atis and post-tree on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised scale : A Sfx.roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto 391 11 0 Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable informationto all requiring househ 31d furniture, carpets, or bedding. lief erences kindly permitted to Clerily men and gentlemen in or near Greet Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ftyde, Plymouth, Wells, Ox'ord. Brighton, Gainsboroueh, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Gicat Britain. COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a - SP k:CIAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the RICHMOND-HILL HOTEL COMPANY, Limited, will be held at 28, Recent-street, on TUESDAY, January 26, at One o'clock, to confirm proceedings of General Meeting. By order, F. B. SPRY, Secretary. January 19, 1801. PARIS. -THE GRAND HOTEL, Boulevard des Capucines. Place de Nouvelle Opera, opposite the Rue de la Paix, and near the Theatres. Has been opened since :July, 1862. It contains 700 bed rooms, prices from 9f r. to 251 r.; 70 drawing-rooms, from bin to 30fr. ; a rnagnifi3E nt salon, capable of dining more than 300 persons, and where there is a table d'hote at six o'clock. Pinners and breakfasts are served a la carte in the coffee rooms, as well as in the apartments. There is a reading room with the best English and foreign papers and publica tions, a music-room, and a drawing-room for the use of tra vellers without any additional charge. There are also baths, billiard-rooms, smoking divans, post-office ; cabs, carriages, and omn buses going to the railway stations. The servant. , speak all languages. This superb hotel, possessing all that modern luxury and comfort can combine, and situated In the most fashionable part of Paris, is recommended to the atten tion of travellers. Independently of their Two Hotels, the Compagni6 Immo biliere has established an extensive l'rivate Furnish( d House on the Boulevard des Capucines, opposite the ROTUNDA of the GRAND HOTEL, where Families can reside as in their own private residences, and where they may rely upon find ing the utmost comfort. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, &c., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m., and on Sunday from 5 to half-past S p.m. JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. T H X F OR D, f, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA DEL DESIINO—Verdi ; by the fol lowing talented artistes .—Misses 'Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, Si , almsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley Stuart, &c. Solos on the ` v iolin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCIIALKENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any oilier man "), Eugene, W. Randall,W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, George Hutchen son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. - - • THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantata, entitled "King Christmas," written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by IV. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Director, Mr. F. Jong:hmans. CIANTERBURY HALL.—THE GHOST in the ‘...) MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans formation Scenes Lf the Season—one of the most beautiful effects ever produced. The scene, " The Tempest ;" Ariel, Miss E. Townley. The flight of Arid through the Fairy Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Tide Public tress. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the Estab ishmmt as usual, including, Operatic Selections, Src. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the great Stump Orator), Eugene, W. Randall, G. Hutehenson, J. Jester, T. Maclagan, &o. Admission, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALH.AMBRA.— Another GRAND CHANGE of PERFORMANCES. —FRANCOSPS CIRQUE IMPERIAL still continues to attract most fashionable and crowded houses.—First week of the , inters Irma and Mathilde Monfroid, the only accom plished female riders in England—Jules Perez, the star rider of the world—J. S. Case on the magic wire—Patterson's trove of performing Dogs—B. Franconi's wonderful trick horses— Arthur and Bertrand, the unequalled French Clowns —together with the whole of the double company will ap pear at each representation. Illuminated day pert ormances on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at Two o'clock; evenings at halt-past Seven. Admission --Frivate Boxes, 215.; ateserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 2s. ; Promenade, ls.; Gallery, 6d. OYAL ALHAMBRA.— The wondertul Performing Elephant AJAX on SATURDAY MORNING NEXT, the 23d Instant, at Two o'clock, and at each subsequent representation for a limited period. ADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY ; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street.—Great Treat for the Juveniles during the Holidays.—The series of Models of the Kings of England, from the Conqueror to that of her prestnt Majesty, attired in the magnificent costumes of their respective periods, is now near y complete and in the Chamber of Physiognomy are several new additions. Admission, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICE —M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued at the above elegant rooms. Admission Is. Conductor— M. JULLIEN. Solo Performers—Messrs. Mosca, Tyler, llorton, Progratski, M‘Kenney, Doors Open at 8, commence at half-past. Manager, M. GRENET. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. A ddress —BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. MOLLARD'S PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in perfect health ; they are also an effectual remedy in curing local and cutaneous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Nos. 1 to 5, according to the degree of sulphur they contain, sold at the depot, 2, Rupert-street Coventry-street, London, W., and at alt chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent on application. TEETH, —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set or teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wedrer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so iiable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations iree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. PRIZE ME D A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862.. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, Ize., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tucker s ' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn,r com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. d. per lb. Ordinary quality •• .. •• •• .. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. is. sd. per lb. second quality ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. .. •• .. •• ls. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street. Grosveno , -square. Manuf actory— Kensington (Established 1733). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMAREL LA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, l'erfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. Gd. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals undoubted respecta bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal high ness the Princess of Wales. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre ,,ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and dver complaints, indigestion, wind. ,painns, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera ion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe Ate, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. 6oid by W. Lambert, tz, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. 10., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. M. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, With " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. (....., (~ '''' ••••-•••" -•••-- - .•••••-`•••••- .7 • ' 1 1 44, k 4010 " 7 -.-- I* , • Nil P.E It c ~.:.,,,- s: ~ . 7:,,,,,,, .. ~ , , .., . 5 ~, - 17 , --- 7 ,.:, 7 ' - . 7he7wful. Explosion at Liverpool. 7".-- - - ' :, T. , •• ~_ , ---- - , • -.:,"'*-7.--A. ...‘,,..,, . ........ 3.,-- ~..:-, . . ,-4,1",:, • , _ , i i , :-,., 4 ,, , ,•4 • ./.-........• ~.... i, : 1.- , 1 ! - _-V,"4',!,4",i , q'!' (4, 6-: gitts7: ; l •• . - tionv .f! 70 , ...., ...... ~...-. . - I, ii,, - , " . .0 , 1 .,:: ~ An appalling noise, accompanied 14 dice. tvl., lc e \ ",4' • • -,,.:.,,,,/••-: . • Z ; iy,, ~. s 'kw .. made the houses tremble, was hear:at Liverpool en.3 4, V6, z 1:4i.-: 4 • -. 0 „4, - r * . • ' - „"ft, . d0pir,0,,.......,..‘...5),,.. H . : , ! ! ! 7 .: ,:.:4%,, . 4: 14.T.., . te. ,.st: . if.:... ... : 13,tr. ;: ,, i-- 4.. ; Frida - , ..9,- N A :.. '! i- . .. -..,. ,•,.., • • ..„,-;,,, r ,„ „....., ~,.: ..:__ ::.,?. v.,,,, . _ mniil 7 l . l.-:' -. 7---- . 1 414 ,r •, : , ;.,-, \ i - et. , nerait'••• ; ,1,- i,:.: •-:.r, ; 1.. d r,„1,....Ati..P 4w,-4 ...- _ A lt .4 4•_ii,.7 f, *7411 '-''' ' ' ka* l4 4NrVrj 44: W 4tti.;;' iii , " , - t . ~ -... :., ... i,.,„..., ii- '4 1 , , ---,loe7OC* l . ' DIE C . ::• , f44,14ii r . , I y evening last, at 7.20, and 6inse4:iikE alarm. It was n o t th e roar o f ar ks egtifikalr, convulsion more like the combination't4iiiiiiri..../ quake and a distant thunder-clap. At len*, selit appeared to residents in the upper part the town. Lower down and near the Exchange the detonation and convulsion were most alarming. A few secontls after the shock frightened people could be seen at every door endeavouring to ascertain the cause of it; the gas in the streets had been extinguished, and every corner had its knot of dismayed people inquiring what had happened. A person resid ing in Huskisson street states that on going out he met a boy, who calmly told him he sup posed a ship which had been on fire in the river had blown up. Next he was informed that the house of the " British Merchant" in Bedford street hod been destroyed by a gas explosion. En ceunterieg an oyeterm in, he asked him, and was told that there had been an awful flash of lightning and clap of thunder, and that the electric fluid had played round the rim of his basket and frightened him very much. He then came to a policeman, surrounded by a crowd eager for information, but he was as ignorant as the inquirers. Proceeding towards town, he found the streets crowded with people. Passing St. Luke's Church, a gust of air smelling of gunpowder persuaded him that his first informant was correct. Bold-street was thronged. Opposite Messrs. Urquhart's, whose plate glass windows had been blown in, was an anxious crowd, all under the belief that an explosion of gas had occurred. Again, at Gillham's (the bottom of Lord street), the same scene was witnessed. Every person was asking his or her neighbour for information, but few if any seemed to have a correct idea of what had occured. Every where the ground was covered with fragments of glass. The shops by this time were being again lighted up, but the streets were in partial darkness, and it was somewhat difficult to thread your way through the concourse of people. Bat now persons coming up from the landing-stage spread the news that the barque Lottie Sleigh, Captain Webster, had blown up in the river. This vessel, which belongs to Messrs. Hatton and Cookson, and bound for Africa, was taking in powder from the magazine boats off Tranmere, and had already stowed away eleven tons, when, about 6 p.m., as the steward was engaged in the cabin trimming the lamps with para fin oil, soma of it exploded and ignited the captain's bed curtains. Prompt measures were taken to suppress the flames, but they had already attained the mastery. The knowledge that so much gun powder was on board doubtless, to some extent, paralysed the exertions of the crew. At length, despairing ofsuccess, they gathered together what ever they could lay their hands on, and were taken off by the passing Rock ferry-boat Wasp, and landed at the small stage. The maga zine boat also cleared off. A dog was left on board which howled dismally. By this time the flames had spread all over the vessel, and the news was circulated on the pier-heads that the vessel would soon blow up. Hundreds of persons awaited the event, not, however, without mach trepidation. When the explosion did come off the spectators were panic-stricken, and rushed frantically off the stage and pierheads. And yet the Lottie Sleigh was at least a mile distant. The night being clerk the explosion was all the more brilliant, the flames rising to a great height. In the glare could be seen the spars and fragments of the vessel upheaved. Suddenly darkness settled upon the scene, and nothing more could be observed from the shore. The force of the explosion may be imagined when we mention that bolts and fragments of the ship were hurled into Tranmere; and it is even said that one of her knees was driven through the moulding-room of Mr. Clayton, shipbuilder. It is, however, a remarkable fact that at Bromborough and Eastham, on the Cheshire side, and nearer the vessel, the explosion was unnoticed. At Rook Ferry the shock was comparatively slight. The residents in Fulwood-park, on the Lancashire side, nearly opposite Tranmere, remained ignorant of what had happened. At Birkenhead the damage to glass was immense. Liverpool and its outskirts will afford work for many hundreds of glaziers for weeks to come. Perhaps Birkenhead suffered more severely from the explosion than any other place. The houses in Hamilton-square had a great part of their windows blown in. At Gough's Hotel a great number of panes were broken. The windows of Mr. Rigby, wine and spirit merchant, nearly opposite, were blown out, along with the stock which was displayed in them. An iron bolt from the ship fell through the roof of a house in Sydney-street, and three children narrowly escaped injury. In North-street a long bar of iron also fell through a roof, occasion ing some damage. Other fragments fell on the land ing-stage and piers. The cabin windows of the Woodside ferry steamer Cheshire were all broken. The glass roof to the landing-stage bridges was much injured. Tha windows of the Monks Ferry Hotel suffered very much. Tranmore, opposite which place the Lottie Sleigh was lying, did not suffer as much as might have been anticipated, although the destruction of glass was very considerable. A piece of the anchor stock of the vessel is said to have fallen on board the Tranmere ferry boat Birkenhead, doing very slight damage. At Seacombe, Egremont, end along the Cheshire shore to the mouth of the river many windows were broken. On the Lancashire side perhaps Messrs. Urquhart's premises, in Bold street, suffered most. Four large plate glass panes, valued £6O, fell into the street, wounding, it is said, a woman who was passing. By 11 a.m. on Saturday the window frames were reglazed. Messrs. Shellard and Hodgson's large windows also suffered, as did those of Messrs. Anderson. In Lord-street Messrs. Livingston had their windows shattered, as had Messrs. Gillham, and Mr. Wood, hatter. Mr. Demp ster's shop, in Castle-street, had three large panes smashed. Mr. G. Eastee, in the Crescent, had his shop front entirely demolished. Some of the large plate windows in the Exchange news rooms were blown in, one piece of glass falling into the room. In Berry-street and Great George-street the shock was severely felt, and much damage d one. The Custom-house had all the glass in the south front broken. It would, however, require several columns to particularise the premises w hich suffered from the explosion. 'The alter window . of St. George's Church was cracked. From the north, south, east, and west portions of the town accounts have been received of serious damage. Fortunately, few, if any, cases of personal injury were sus tained. It is stated that the insurance offices are not liable for the damage to property under the terms of their policies. On Saturday, however, the directors of the Royal Insurance Com pany came to the determination of making good the loss suffered by their insurers. It was reported on Saturday, but very probably the report is incorrect, that a solicitor in Liverpool had been instructed by some of the sufferers by the explosion to proceed against the owners of the vessel. The destruction of the Lottie Sleigh naturally directs attention to the shipment of powder in the Mersey. Several years ago powder was stored in shore magazines at Liscard, Cheshire. The popu lation in that neighbourhood did not like the prox imity, and agitated for their removal, in which they were successful. The powder for shipment is now kept on board a couple of vessels specially con structed for the purpose, and anchored in the broadest part of the river, near Eesthem. These vessels are so arranged that in case of danger they can be immediately scuttled. Unless the shipment of gunpowder from the Mersey is to bo prohibited entirely, we must run some risk. The Thames has the quiet waters of Gravesend, where ships can load and unload ; but Liverpool merchants have only to choose between risking the loss of their property in Bootle Bay, or removing ae!: establishments elsewhere. The Mersey 1 s a of late river, and the enormous increase of shipping nobl t. years already tasks its capabilities to the u an if,. most to It would, however, be acting injudiciously f he trade wic avert a very slight risk, y on . e o t were s in h terh conduce to the welfare of Liverpoo fered with. PRICE STAMPED ....sd. AMERICA. QuEENsTowN, Jan 17. The Royal Mail steamship Asia, from Boston on the Gth and Halifax cn the Bth, arrived here at 4 p.m. to-day, with 70 passengers and 61,540 doll. She landed 122 sacks of mails and 11 passengers, and proceeded immediately. All well. The Asia experienced very severe weather. NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (Evening). The Federal pickets at Winchester, Virginia, were driven in on Friday, but the Confederates have not continued any further movements. Gene rals Fitzhugh Lee, Early, and Imboden are still in the vicinity of Winchester with 7,000 men, pro bably with the view of opening a long section of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. fedora'. accounts from Charleston on the 31st ult. confirm the reported shelling of the city on Christ mas-day, having caused considerable damage. The Confederates erected a battery on the Stono River, firing upon the gunboat Marble Head, and seriously injuring her. Two gunboats went to her assistance, driving the Confederates from their batteries, which were afterwards captured by an expedition from the gunboats. The Federals have occupied Lavacca and Indianola in Texas. General Magruder has issued a proclamation that Western Texas would be de fended, San Antonio and Austin were being for- tified, And the Federals would be driven to their ships. Four regiments embarked on the 22d ultimo at Port Hudson, it is supposed for the Red River. The mutineers in Fort Jackson, below New Orleans, are to be tried by court-martial. The presence of coloured delegates at the Free State Convention in New Orleans caused consi derable controversy, and several white delegates withdrew. The Federals have destroyed extensive saltworks and private property at St. Andrew's Bay, and burnt every house in St. Andrew's City. General Butler has arrived at Washington to confer concerning the exchange of prisoners. The New York 7inies asserts that the Government will insist upon the recognition of General Butler by the Confederates, and will place all Confederate pri soners under his control. It is reported that an appropriation for bounties to soldiers will be passed in Congress. These ap propriations will necessitate a further issue of 150 million treasury notes. The examination of three of the Chessapeake pirates has been commenced at St. John's. The counsel for the prisoners contended that the case did not come within the province of the extradition treaty, as the offence was committed at sea out of American jurisdiction. The case was still proceeding. The New York Police Commissioners have refused to vacate their posts until the Governor's power to remove them is legally decided and the charges against them have beau investigated. The New York Legislature assembled to-day, The Governor's message recommends the adoption of a system for the protection of the State banks in consequence of the intention of General Grant to create national banks. He denounces the draft as a failure, and declares that President Lincoln's as suumption of power in his capacity of commander in.chief has wrought a revolution in the Govern ment, rendering the civil power under the State laws and judicial decisions subordinate to military authority. The country can only be saved from national ruin by the Administration adhering to its pledge to restore constitutional union. Further developments of extensive shipments from New York to the South have come to light, and more arrests have been made. The obsequies of Archbishop Hughes will be conducted with imposing ceremonies. Congress assembled today at Washington. A bill was introduced to prevent military interference in elections. The Star and Golden City left San Francisco on 13e 4th for Panama, with 1,460,000 dols. for Eng ,and. The City of Baltimore was intercepted of Uapc Race on the 2d, COMMERCIAL. Money easy but aetive, at 7 per cent. Gold, 511 per cent. prem. The market has been animated, bnt the rate underwent very little fluctuation. Exchange on London—Bankers' bills, 166; on Paris, 3,45. Stocks advancing. New York Centrals, 132,-I ; Illinois Centrals, 118 . 1; Erie, 1091 ; Six per Cent, United States Bonds, 105. Cotton steady ; middling Upland, 81c, to 82c. Petroleum, crude, 32c. to 33c, ; refined, 47c. to 48c. JAPAN. NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (Evening). Advices ed here from Kanagawa to the Ist December state that the city was still guarded by Europeans. A peaceful solution between the Tycoon and Europeans was expected. The Tycoon was at war with the Daimios. Business was im proved. The Japanese had paid an indemnity of 10,000 dole. fur intercepting the American vessels Star and Pembroke. MEXICO. NEW YORK, San. 5 (Evening). Advices received here from Mexico to the 20th ult., report that General Doblado has given in his adhesion to the French. A PERFECT PARIS.—Nine o'clock struck, and hunger came with it. I proposed to my companion to pursue our popular investigations while breakfasting. A kind of restaurant was apparent just at that moment—if we may so call the simple eating houses which are spread over the colony. The servant, the knives and forks, and the linen were of exquisite cleanliness; we seated ourselves and continued our talk. It must not be imagined that the cite which we are visiting is the only one of its kind. There are many others around Paris, but this is the most com plete. Do not think, either, that every kind of help and aid for the masses is centred here; it is not so. What you sco hero you may behold grouped around the Mairie of each arrondiseement. Paris is full of prerogatives for the people, There does not exist, that I am aware of, one single public establishment which in not its tributary. In all the theatres, without exception, there are places reserved for the people ; clean, convenient places, and at moderate prices. The people, as a rule, represent one fourth of the audience. It is forbidden to let the places in advance, and the crowds patiently await the opening of the doors under lighted and sheltered galleries. They no longer take their ticket and a cold at the same moment. For all national, political, and scientific ceremonies, their seats await them—nothing is complete without them. As may be imagined, however, they find it necessary to look about them, if they would not be pushed out of their rights by unceremonious officials. In railways, the ir carr i ages make up for want of luxury by exquisite cleanliness. They have feet-warmers in January, blinds i n July, and cushions always. The prices aro moderate, and, another good thing, on the suburban lines the prices are lower on Sundays and fete days. It is a happy and moral innovation which en ables the artisan to enjoy h is holiday in fresh air, and in the company of his wife and children. In all the Govern ment works, and throughout Paris, Sunday is a day of rest for the workman —the veritable seventh day of Genesis. Still, if he has answered to his call every day during the give him a day's res t week, he receives his salary for the seventh da y . And thi s i d b a e ys a , farce to nourishment. To the glory of the Parisians be it said, this example ha s s p rea d as s without but just, utte for means it would of a ra pidly as that of the midwives. In grea t es t a bli s h ments, i n ma nufactories, , large and small s h ops, everywhere the Christian precept is welcomed; on the fete-day the work shop ,is quiet, the shutters are shut. Many shopkeepers were rebellious , and only yielded after long struggles. But Sunday is at last victori ous . M on d ay i s pu t t o fiinlit. What Paris wills God wills.—Paris en Souge par Jac;lics Fabien. The France Centrale of Blois has received a " communicated" note for an article relative to the question of the Government breeding-studs, That journal without discussing the measure of which it has been the object, remarks that the article to which the "communi cated" note refers was copied texually from the .Mmitteur de l' bare of Chateauroux, designated by the Prefect of the 'wire for the publication of official notfficationB, A grand ball was givoi on Frid.;present, the de Ville, upwards o f 3,000 persons being THE SITN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1864. WHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE PANTOMIMES? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at SPANS', Covent-garden. IIINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH . WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i+ Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded LL Whisky." THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those math. by ELSTOP., of 60, New Bond-street. They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy purchasers. "In medio tutisimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SEIILLINGS Mr, Glaisher's Balloon Ascent from Wool wich Arsenal, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The Secretary o, State for War, the Right Hon. Earl de Grey and Ripon, having kindly granted permis sion to the committee of the British Association to avail themselves o; the facilities affordee in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, for future b illoon ascents for scientific purposes my 17th ascent on January 12th took place from there. This series of experiments necessitates the use of the bal loon at all reasons oh .he year, winter as well as summer. The last was on October 9. The weather in November was far top windy to attempt an ascent. Mr. Coxwel' was with nis balloon at Woolwich by the middle of Decembe:: to get all ready by the 21st, but cir cumstances prevented .he ascent on that day. Again the balloon was partially inflated on:December 30, and also on December 31, on which day the inflation was nearly com pleted, but ice formed on the top o_ the balloon, and when the filling was resumed a strong wind arose and nearly drove the balloon on the gas holders, when Mr. Coxwell de cided upon letting off the gas and waiting for more favour able weather. On Monday, January 11, the balloon was thoroughly examined, and it was ready io ascend on Tuesday, at two o'clock in the afternoon. No balloon, as atr as I can ascertain, has ascended in England during the presen' century in the month of Jan uary, and never one during any of the winter months, *which has reached any considerable elevation. Winter ascents are certainly the most 'hazardous; the balloon requires constant watching and attention; we, therefore, took our friend, F. Norris, Esq., of the Conser vative Club, who has made previous ascents, and could assist Mr. Coswell as well as myself. Mr. Norris under took to watch the first deposition of uew on the hygro meters, and to fill two large bags wits air at the highest point we might reach, for analysis by Professor Tyndall. We took a dog and three rabbit« to nc4te their behaviour when above the clouds, and the effects of low temperature and sudden changes upon them. HEIGHTS AND COURSE OF THE BALLOON. The balloon left at seven minutes after two, with nearly a south wind, and passed over the river Thames, out when at the height of 400 feet the wind changed to a point with a great deal of west in it, and we round ourselves passing down the centre of the river. At 29, at the height of 550 feet, we fell into r strong S.W. current, and crossed Til bury Railway at 2 14. Hainault Forest was west at 2 21, and our course was N.E., or nearly directly towards the Blackwater river, Under these circumstances we did not dare to rise as we intended. At 243 we saw f' large town east of ue, which we thought was Chelmsford, and inferred our course was nearly north. At 254 we saw Maldor and the Blackwater at an estimates distance of 15 to 20 miles east. We were then about 7,500 ft high. The wind continu ing south nearly we determined to go above the clouds. At 3 8 we were 8,500 ft high, and the wind veered to S.S,W. At 3 16 we were 9,500 ft high, and the wind changed to S.S.E., and continued in this direction, we believed, to our highest point, which was nearly 13,000 ft. Then the earth was quite obscured, and we had nothing whatever to guide us as to our rate of motion or of our locality ; and, as the sun would set in little more than half an hour, we gave up the hope of reaching five miles high, resolved to pass down wards through the clouds and ascertain our position. At 3 37 we were 10,500 ft high, in five minutes we descended to 8,500 ft, and beneath the clouds still 6,500 ft from the earth, which looked barren, and as there was no place that any of us knew wo could not determine our locality at all. At four o'clock we saw a forest of pines. We still descended slowly to 1,2•50 ft by 47. We saw a village, and after passing this the earth looked barren ; there were no villages and scarcely any habitations. The mist was so thick we could not see two miles ahead, and wo came to the ground at 4 15 near Brandon, PER PAIR. T HE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). No. 4, ABCHURCH-LANE. Capital £1,000,000. DIRECTORS. George Walter Constable, Esq. 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Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Every exertion is being used in the equipment of the iron plated frig ate Caledonia, 35, 800 horse power, in order to pre pare her for the first division of the Chatham steam reserve, in readiness for immediate commission. In accordance with instructions received at Chatham dockyard from the Admiralty, the officers connected with the department of the Director of Works, who have entered the service subsequently to April, 1859, will be required to pass the examinations before the Civil Service Commis sioners to be eligible for promotion, or entitled to a super annuation allowance. The following appointments have been made at tho Admi ralty :—Commander Charles E. Stevens, to the Cumber • land—Lieut. Archibald G. Bogls, to the )uncan—Lieut. William H. Goold, Lieut. John E. Stokes, .6ieut. Rowland M. Sperling, and Lieut. Edward Denny, to the Hector ; Lieut. W. J. Walker, to the Britannia—John P. C. Cle ments, master, to the Prince Consort—W. H. Faarck ner, master, to the Hector—Thomas W. J. Downes, midshipman, to the Sutlej—Barton R. Bradford, naval cadet, to the Aurora—Julian W. Torbett, assist. paymas • ter, to the Hector—Richard Simpson, chief engineer, to the Prince Consort—Charles Wright, chief engineer, to the Fisgard from the Hecate—W. C. B. P. Jones, engineer, to the Prince Consort—James Elwess, Daniel Wishart, Robt• B, Turner, and Henry J. Hall, assist.-engineers to the Prince Consort—Charles L. J. Underwood, clerk, to the Hogue—and William Betts nominated to a naval cadetship. Lieut. Jas. Grant, Lieut. C. J. Carey, Lieut. C. F. Ryder, and Lieut. E. B. Wadlow, to the Prince Consort—Lieut. A. J. N. Collins, to the Excellent—Charles Dickson, chief engineer, to the Hector—Thomas E. Buckle, engineer, to the Dauntless—Thomas E. Woodfield, acting engineer, to the Hector—Charles H. Thompson, Leopold M. Green, Josh. Turner, and Josh. J. Taylor, first-class assist. engi neers, to the Hector. THE ARMY. A War-office order has been received at the B,oyalEngi neer establishment, Chatham, directing, on the recommen dation of the Ordnance Select Committee, the introduction into the service of the improved wrought-iron gabion bands, the invention of Sergeant-Major J. Jones, Royal Engi neers, Improved patterns of the gabion bands have been sealed and deposited at the Horse Guards. They are made of the best galvanised charcoal iron of No. 20 gauge, and are each 6ft Gin long by 3iin wide, and capable of bearing a strain of 3001 b when suspended by the studs and slots, and a tensile strain of 3,5001 b when suspended by the bridg ing-holes. Ten of the bands form a gabion, and weigh from 241 b to 27i1b. The bands may also be used as the " chains" in the construction of dying military suspension bridges. ono of which has been erected and tested at Chatham, where every variety of weight was passed over, including troops, horses, field guns, and war material, without any sign of weakness in the bridge, which had a span of some 130 ft, and was put together by a party of sappers and miners in a very few hours. A general order from the Horse Guards, signed by Lieu tenant-General Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C,8., Adjt.-Gen has been promulgated at Chatham Garrison, announcing that the appointment of an additional instructor in military history at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, having been authorised by the Secretary of State for War, his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding in-Chief desires that commanding officers will for ward to the Horse Guards, not later than the 31st inst„ the applications of such officers as feel themselves qualified for the situation. Each application is to be accompanied by a statement of the course of candidate's reading in military history, and a detailed description of any one important campaign, with a full explanation of the military topo graphy of the country, and its bearing on the operations. In forwarding an application the commanding officer should state his opinion of the fitness of the candidate for the ap pointment, as derived from personal knowledge of his char acter and qualification. The salary will be regulated by the Royal warrant of the 24th of June. 1862, and will be £350 per annum, including regimental pay if the appointment be held by a captain or subaltern of a cavalry or infantry regi ment, or Ss. a day in addition to regimental pay if held by a captain or subaltern of the Royal Artillery or Royal Engineers. Quarters are attached to the appointment. Major-General 11, K. Bloomfield, commanding the Cork District, who has been on leave of absence left town on Saturday to resume his military duties in Ireland, The Egyptian steam frigate Brabimee has arrived at Marseilles with 661 bales of cotton. A sum of 1,500 fr. has, by order of the Emperor, been handed over to the superior military authori ties, to be divided, according to custom, among the drum niers of the regiments of the garrison of Paris who went to the Tuileries on New Year's Day. Similar gifts have been made to those of the Imperil' Guard, and to those of the National Guard of the Seine. _ _ The stockbrokers of Paris have forwarded a sum of 24,000 fr. to , the Prefect of the Seine, for the poor. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN PRETENDER. A French trarsslation of a work by Prince Frederick of Augus tenburg Irss just appeared in Paris. It is entituled, " Sou venirs d!un Voyage a la Cote de Coromandel et au Den sl,le," TEMPERATURE OF TIIE AIR. On the ground was 42 deg., decreased to 381 by 2 10 ; then increased to 45 deg by 2 25, and the sensation was one of great warmth ; at 2 2S it decreased to 411 deg, was 38 deg at 2 30, and 311 deg at 2 35, at 6,200 ft high ; it was then nearly constant about 30 deg, till 3 0, when our height was 7,5001 t; it then decreased to 20 deg by 3 16, at the height of 9,500 ft, and continued to decrease, and was 11 deg at 3 31 at the height of 13,006 it ; it increased to 16 deg in six mi nutes on descending to 10,000 ft, and constantly increased with decrease of elevation to 40 deg a. the height of I,oooft, and to 42 deg on the ground. Although it was expected that warm currents of air might be met with, it was quite unexpected to meet with such within 1,000 feet of the earth, and extending to nearly 4,000 feet nigh, the thickness of this warm S.W, wind was fully 3,000 feet. At the height of half a mile the temperature was nearly 4 deg warmer than on the ground; at this height hitherto we have always found the temperature from 12 deg to 16 deg colder, in this rest ect differing from all previous ex periments TEMPERATURE OF TICE DEW POINT. Pow was deposited at temperature of 35 deg before starting ; at 36 tle, between the heights of 1,500 and 3,000 feet ; at 26 deg at 4,000 feet, decreased to zero at 9,500 feet ; and ihe dew point was 4 deg, 5 deg, and G deg below zero, at heights emending 10,000 feet; on aassing below 1 .0,000 feet the dew point was the same as the temperature of the air, and therefore the air was saturated with moisture, and continued so till we very nearly reached the earth. APPEARANCES OF THE EARTH, AND ABOVE THE CLOUDS, On leaving the earth was dull and the air very misty. When afterwards viewed, its appearance was very different from that in summer. All looked barren, bleak, and ice bound ; every sheet of water was covered with ice, and Mr. Coxwell, notwithstanding his 502 ascents, said he never before had seen sheets of water in their frozen aspect, with those peculiar white fringed edges which attracted our spe cial attention. At 2 45, at the height of 7,000 feet, we heard a railway train, and then the " tick, tick" of a threshing machine, and afterwards, at the height of 7,200 feet, we heard people's voices, and these were the only sounds we heard. At 3 29, on looking down, we saw snow falling upon a fin e cloud, whose surface was unbroken and even being ;me from irregularities, and whose boundary lines were very sharply defined. At this time dense clouds were far above us, and the air seemed to be full of sno w . At 3 31 we were about 13,000 feet high, and as we are quite ignorant of all meteorological conditions in the higher atmosphere at this time of the year, it was with the deepest regret I heard Mr. Coxwell'a decision to descend ; we were in fine but thick snow, we had lost sight of the earth, with, we ei n believed, length of land before us, and even that gtowards no rt d escen t must have be en ve ry near the coast, and, consider ing that the sun was about setting, with large sheets of b theg e s a e a.H Had we ascended another mile our vapour obscuring the view, 'Felt that Mr. Coxwell's judg ment was again wisely exercised, and I abstained from in fluencing him it any way whatever. From 3 32 fine granular snow covered my notebook, and continued till 3 47, when we were about entering cloud in descending, whose thickness was about 600 feet, through which space we passed in two minutes. The balloon must have been laden with snow. The cloud was saturated with moisture, as was the air below the cloud, till within 1,000 feet of the earth. At 4 9 it became so dark that it was with difficulty I could read the instruments. The sun had set, a dense mist was everywhere, and we could not see far ahead. Mr. Cox welt then began the descent ; the place was quite barren, and seemed uninhabited, the grapnel passed through light sand for some little time, but the descent was managed so admi rably that we came down without causing injury to a single instrument. and we and det e r mine or not. The rabbi ts b ecame very d u l MISCELLANE OUS. The dog occasiona ll y whined, b ut w w as het m h u er ch th a e t i t r r p ac re te s d en b e y the e caus r e a d bb t i h t e s, whining and heavy, and seemed to be oppressed with sleep. The anemometer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich registered six miles a s the horizontal movement o f th e a i r during the time the b alloon passed mo re than 100 miles. The sun was never s een, and there was no opportunity of using the actimometer , the s p ectrosco pe , or the polariscope. duo to to kind heads o f th e d epar t men t s hospit a li ty. the Our exact place of de scent was Lake nheath Warren, near Brandon, an open spac e of 2,500 acres of loose sand, belong ing to Mr. Phipp, who g ave us every attention, an d to whom ourt l v bsotl thanks wi are dparticula r ly u to Mr. A nderson, the Super intendent of Gasworks , and to Mr. W allace, the Gas En g in reaOur eo thanks c,baur ealso t T quality he of the gas, and for every assistance gas was ad m i ra bl y a d ap t e d f or in wO w c e a ig in h e t downl,s we had no less hran our 001bs—I are, sir, ee, for in the their p proper op power.er to34bagpurpose, of f sand, yours, &0., J AMES GLAISHER. Blackheath, Jan. 1 0 , 1 5 64. orwhen ART MANTIFACTURE.—" Vi r e have selected for engraving centre Seconds, To split p this lit three of the watch cases , of which a la rge variety is exhi bited by Mr. Benson, of Ludg ate-hill, in the large and pro minent erection that contain h department of art manufacture Mr. Be nson has paid especial cost n e d r s, clock. les attention."—Art Journal , Aug., 1 861 Chronometer, duplex, lever, horizontal, repeaters , seconds, and every description of watch, adapted to all cli mates. Benson's illustrated pamphlet on watches, free by post for two stamps, contains a short history of watck making, with prices, from 3to 200 guineas each. It acts as a guide in the purchase of a watch, and enables those who live in any part of the world to select a watch, and have it sent safe by post. Prize medal and honourable mention, classes 33 and 15. J. W. Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London. Established 1749. Watch and clock maker, by special war rant of appointment, to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. The committee of the Cannes regatta has just decided that the contest shall take place on the 4th April. The sport will consist of races for yachts, sailing boats, and boats with oars, For the first named three inglish vessels have hell already entered, THE NEW ZEALAND WAR. TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIR GEORGE GREY, R.C.8., GOYER- NOR OP NEW ZEALAND. Sir,—The unhappy war which is now raging in New Zealand between the Maories and their English rulers has excited the most deep and painful interest in this country. It was generally hoped that the contest which recently took place in the province of Taranaki would have been the last of those painful collisions which hove proved as inimi cal to the best interests of the colony, as they have been disastrous to the native race. This hope was confirmed by the spirit with which your Excellency entered upon the duties of your high office, and especially by the per severing efforts you made to establish a systeja of self government in the native districts. We cannot express to you with what profound regret we have witne, -, sed the failure of those wise and beneficient measures, anal how deeply we sympathise with you in the peculiarly trying position in which you are now placed. The justice which has ever been the great characteristic of your Excel lency's administration of native affairs is a pledge to the world that the war which is now beim' waged will be limited to the one object of restoring British supremacy in the disturbed districts, and of achieving an honourable, and, if possible, a lasting peace. Occupying as you do a position at once so difficult and so responsible, we should not venture to offer any suggestions of our own, did we not feel that Englishmen, even at so great a distance, ought not to regard the momentous events now transpiring in New Zealand with indifference or even with silence. We would therefore express our earnest hopes that your Excellency will avail yourself of the arst favourable opportunity which may present itself of endeavouring to terminate the war by negotiation, and especially that you will listen to any over tures of peace which any of the natives who have taken up arms may make. This course will, we are sure, so commend itself to your sense of humanity and Christian feeling, that we should scarcely presume to urge it upon your considera tion, did we not feel that your hands might be strengthened by this expression of our opinion, an opinion which we be lieve to be shared by the great body of the British people. We have, however, been alarmed by the pertinacity with which, in some quarters, it has been proposed to confiscate the lands of all contumacious and rebellious natives. As has been truly observed, such a policy as this would shut the door to any possible settlement of the difficulty except by the sword ; in other words, it would lead to the extermi nation of a people who value their property in the soil even more than their existence, and who, despite their faults, are worthy of a better fate. We can conceive of no surer means of adding fuel to the flames of war; of extending the area of disaffection ; and of making the natives fight with the madness of despair, than a policy of confiscation. It could not fail to produce in New Zea land the same bitter fruits of which it has yielded so plen tiful a has vest in other countries where the strife of rhces has been perpetuated through successive generations, and that, too, with relentlessness and a cruelty which have made mank nd blush for the species. We therefore pray that in the hour of victory your Excellency will temper justice with mercy, and give to the world another bright example of forbearance and magnanimity. By such means, and such means only, may we hope to see the Maori race saved from extinction, and the dominion of our beloved Queen firmly established cver every portion of the islands of New Zealand. With great respect, we have the honour to be, sir, your Excellency's faithful servants, (Signed)—Chichester ; Eburn, P. C., Moor-park, Rick. mansworth ; Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart. ; John Hesketh Lethbridge Bart.; Wilfrid Lawson, Bart. ; S. Gurney, M.P. ; W. E. Forster, M.P. ; Thomas Barnes, M.P. ; Henry Pease, M.P. ; Thomas Bazley, M.P. ; William Williams, M.P; P. A. Taylor, M.P. ; Edward Baines, M.P. ; E. A. Leatham, M.P. ; John Brady, 14. P. ; Samuel Morley, Thomas Fowell Buxton, Lieut.-General T. Perronet Thompson, Edward Mall, R. N. Fowler, Treasurer of the Aborigines Protection Society ; Samuel Lucas, Thomas Guthrie, D.D., Edinburgh; Thomas Binney, Colonel Charles J. Hadfield, William Howitt, Colonel Henry Sal wey, J. E. Cairns, Professor of Jurisprudence, & Queen's University, Ireland ; Francis W. Newman, late Professor at University College, London; Newman Hall, LL.B. ; J. H. Parry, Sergeant-at-Law; S. Stott, Mayor of Rochdale; Leone Levi,Professor of Commerce and Commer cial Law, King's College, London; Charles Sturge, Henry Christy, Joseph Pease, Darling ton; George Thompson; David Thomas, D.D.; Henry Richard, John Nichol, 8.A., Oxon ; Duncan M'Laren,Newington-house,Edinburgh; Edward Smith, Sheffield; Frederick Baines, Leeds; Benjamin Scott, F.R.A.S. ; Edmond Beales, M.A., Lincoln's-inn; Edmund Sturge, Birmingham; John Leo, LL D., Hartwell; Jabcz Burns, D.D. ; Joseph Cower, Lloyd's ; John Cropper, Liverpool; John llodgkin, Lewes ; Henry Vincent, Washington Wilks, L. A. Chamerovzow ; George Gilfillan, Dundee ; John Cassell; Arthur Trevelyan, J.P., Tein - holm, Tranent, N. 8.; J. J. Colman, Norwich; Richard Smith, 7, Highbury-crescent ; F. W. Chosson ; A. K. Isbister, M.A. ; John Epps, M.D.; Joseph Cowen, jun., Newcastle-on- Tyne ; John hayfield, 300, Holborn ; Francis E. Fox, Tottenham: Justin .I`,l‘Carthy ; James Cropper, Kendal; James Taylor, jt).n., Birmingham; Wilson Armistead, Leeds ; William Anderson, LL.D., Glasgow; Frederick Wheeler, Roches ter ; Henry Richardson, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; Joseph Lupton, Leeds; Caleb Fletcher, M,D., York. r, Jan. 16, 1864. Lon du LOSS or THE SHIP lISK BY FIRE, THE VISION OFF CAPE HORN-EXTRAOR DINARY COINCIDENCE. On Saturday a despatch from the British consul at Coquimbo was received by the Secretary of the Board of Trade, announcing the destruction by fire of the English barque Usk, while on a voyage from Swansea to Huasco. Before giving the details of the despatch, it may be stated that this was the unfortunate ship which put back early last year from Cape Horn to Eng land in consequenee of the captain seeing, as he alleged, a vision on the ocean which warned him not to proceed any further on the voyage, and that in the event of his persisting, both he and the ship would be sent to perdition. The vessel's return to Cardiff, after a lapse of nearly six months, in a good seaworthy condition, naturally astonished the owners, more especially when they heard the curious story which had operated upon the captain's mind in putting the ship back when she had so nearly reached her destination. A Board of Trade inquiry was instituted into the captain's conduct. The crew were examined, and they spoke of him as being a very careful and sober master, although somewhat eccentric in his manner, and when they found that he had put the ship back without any reason for so doing, the chief mate remonstrated with him, and endeavoured to take charge, which the captain resisted by placing him in irons. The captain was examined and he solemnly declared that after what had appeared to him he could not go on; it was the vision of the Lord, and he was bid not to go on. The result of the inquiry was that his certificate was cancelled. A new master was appointed to the ship, and she sailed a second time on the voyage. What happened to her will be gathered from the subjoined document : British Consulate, Ccqnimbo, Dec. 3, 1863. Sir,—l have to inform you that the barque Usk, from Swansea to Husaco, took fire on the 16th of November last, and was abandoned the following day in lat. 33 S., long. 74 10. The vessel sailed from Swansea on July 16, and nothing of importance occurred on the voyage up to 5 a.m. on the 16th November, when smoke was seen coming out of the hatches, and four tons of blasting powder were taken from the hold and thrown over board. At 3 p.m. an explosion took place. The boats were then got out, and at 7 p.m. the ship, being full of smoke fore and aft, was put under easy sail, with her. head towards the main land. At 8 p.m. the crew left the ship, and the boats were towed all night. At 5 a.m. of the 17th flames were seen issuing out of the after hatchway, but in con sequence of a heavy sea, and the vessel being full of smoke, she coull not be boarded. Both boats were then cut adrift, and steered for the mainland. The mate, six seamen, and a passenger arrived at this port on the 21st ult., having been picked up in the long boat by the Chilian schooner Guayacan the previous day. The master and remainder of the crew reached Caldera on the 24th ult, The sole cause of the fire appears to have been the spontane ous combustion of the coal composing the cargo —I am, Se., G. A. F. TAIT, H.B.M. Acting Consul. To the Secretary Marine -Department, Board of Trade, Whitehall.